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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
Catarrh Not a Blood Disease.

Nasal catarrh and all catarrhal affections of the
head not diseases of the blood and it is serious
mistake to treat them SUCH No conscientious ply
stefan hopes attempts to do yet patients
sometimes mised INTO purchasing and using GER
tain advertised sarsapaas other so-called blood
medicines in the persuasion that purify the blood
to oatarrh. AS matter of course, they are
always disappointed. and become more than ever
respondent of ever getting well
Catarrh is an inflammation of the lining membrane
of the nasal air passages.
DIR. p. w. Logan, of Knoxville Tenn, president of
the American Neurological Association says In all
diseases of the nasal mucous membrane, the remedy
used must be nou-irritating. The medical profession
has been slow to learn this Nothing satisfactory
be accomplished with douches. snuffs. powders.
syringes astringents any similar application, be-
cause they are ali irritating do not thoroughly reach
the affected surfaces, and should be abandoned
than failures
This being true and blood medicines being also
useless to what conclusion drivenl Simply to
this: That the successful remedy for nasal catarrh
must be nonirritating easy of application, and one
that WILL by its action reach all the remote
and liberated surfaces.
The history of the efforts to treat catarrh during
the past few years obges to admit that only one
remedy has completely met these conditions and that
is Ely's Cream Balm, preparation widely known.
This safe and pleasant remedy has mastered catarrh
nothing else has DONE and both hyscians lad
patients freely concede this fact The distress
ing symptoms quickly yield to it, and multitude of
persons who have for years borne all the worry and
pain that catarrh nfict testify to radical and
manent cures wrought by it. Ely's Cream Balm is
perfectly soothing aud agreeable: excites dread.
cissoves the hardened Accommodations lessons the
treme sensibtes of the centers to cold and all
externa, irritants, and is followed by reaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
"SEEING" THE COMMISSIONERS.
How This Little Eormality Was Managed in
the Case of Certain Brooklyn officials.

NEW YORK, April 9-The legislative commit
mittee of investigation into Brooklyn municipal
affairs held another session to-day. John Ward
gave some rather pointed testimony. The wit
ness, in 1870 paid $4,000 for parcel of land at
Sheepshead Bay. 1t had been scheduled by the
trustees for that amount before the SALE He
denied paying any money for their favorable
action. Shortly after that purchase he sold one
third of the property for $lS,600. Trustees Nc
Kline, Osborne, Lundy and Koten kindly told him
the schedule price In 1887 the witness paid $500.
lease of the land that he subsequently, pur-
chased. The commissioners were John Deli
mex, David Snedeker and Bernard Dyer.
Snedeker told HIM to leave the money in a GER
tain vacant house on the beach, and he left the
door open The commissioners went in and he
saw afterwards that the money was taken
The witness heard afterwards that it was the
way the commissions were seem"
John b. Mcpherson. FISHERMAN, had an
oyster house some leased lands at Coney
Island. He said that the three commissioners
called at his house one day and told him to leave
some money in the basement He left roll
containing $780, An hour afterwards he looked
in. and the money was gone. He had no doubt
who had taken it. The witness
supposed that everybody had to
''see" the commissioners before they could
get lease. They wanted about ST. 600. Andrew
Walsh, German restaurant-keeper at Coney
Island, testified that he anxious to lease
some land. He was directed to sea Lawyer How
ell and got his lease. He did not bride anybody,
but the lawyer charged him $500 for drawing up
the lease. He thought it pretty steep. as he had
never paid over S. before. He was not going to
law with the man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
me NEW RAILWAY Law.

The People WIN Suffer Unless the Commits
sion Interferes in Their Behalf.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-"Unless some very
arbitrary and positive rulings are made by the
Interstate Commission in behalf of the people
the law recently enacted for the benefit Of the
masses will prove curse" said Senator Van
Wyck, Of Nebraska, this morning. II see" con-
tinued the Senator, who is one of the best posted
statesmen on transportation matters, "that the
railroad companies have reversed the order
anticipated in the bill, and, instead of reducing
the local rates to the proportion Of the through
rates, they have brought up the through rates to
those of the local grade. The result will be, if
the commission permits these rates to stand a
ruination Of the export trade. When the
interstate-commerce bill was passed by
Congress it was believed by the law
makers that the through rates would not be
materially increased It was thought the local
tariffs would be reduced to almost conform to
the through tariffs; in other words. that there
encouragement given to through shippers as in
the past But instead Of this the railroad COM
panies get together and resolve to make the law
>as onerous and Questionable as possible They
j%riSx up through rates to conform with local
ratas ~ rather make up through from local
tarff schedules. Thisis diabolical, and will ruin
onr export&tions Of grain and provisions. The
Interstate-comm eree Commission should prohibit
the railroads from increasing their through
tariffs" -,
has any right to exempt the South from the
long and short haul clausesp
mo not any more right than it has to sus.
pend the long and -short-haul provisions for the
for exercise in individual cases where the law
works injury"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. April 9.-The natural-gas
boom at Muncie seems to have had very ap-
preciable effect on postal receipts there, during
the quarter ending March 81 At the Postofice
Department, to-day, it was stated that the Nun
Gle Office would likely be brought into the second
class The report for the last quarter shows
large increase over the preceding quarter. while
the current receipts greatly outstrip those of the
last month of the last quarter.
AS anticipated in these dispatches on Thurs
day, the Secretary of the Treasury to-day ap-
pointed William Gavitt, of Evansville. to be a
special agent at the seal fisheries in Alaska vice
T. F. Ryan, of Indianapolis.
MIS-. Emily Thornton Charles has returned
from a visit to New York. Her daughter re
mains there.
Gen. George B. Williams is having his newly
purchased residence here put in splendid order
and elegantly furnished and will take possession
in a few days.
Col. W. W. Dudley will attend the Grand
Army meeting at Minneapolis about two weeks
hence
Senator voorhees, and Representatives Matson
and Holman are the only members of the Indi-
ana delegation in the city now.
The President this afternoon appointed Eu-
gene Semple. of Washington Territory to he
Governor of Washington Territory; Samuel ID.
shannon, of Cheyenne to be Secretary of Wyo-
ming Territory. and Edward Palmer Turner of
New York. to be consul at Mozambique
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
PROHIBITION In TEXAS.
1t Is Becoming First-Class Political Issue
Senator Reagan Opposes the Whisky Traffic.

GALVESTON. Tex, April 9.-The prohibition
question is rapidly assuming front rank among
the political issues Of Texas. The late Legis-
lature passed an act submitting this question to
vote of the people in August The an.i-pro-
hibtionists organizing for the battle. Chief
among them is x-Lieutenantgovern Gibbs,
of Dallas; Hon. Walter Gresham. of Galveston,
aud politicians of lesser note who have consti-
tuted a committee representing the Democracy
of Texas and are inviting prominent Democrats
to attend meeting on the 18th for tho purpose
of calling convention in May ITO set forth
clearly the time honored PRINCIPLES of Democracy
in its opposition to all forms Of sumptuary legis
lation"
The News prints to-day an open letter from
Senator John H. Reagan, replying to the invita-
ton Of the committee to attend the coming
meeting. Mr.. Reagans letter will produce a
genuine sensation IN the political world of
Texas. He comes out squarely in favor of pro-
hibition. and deals the opposition some hercu-
lean blows from Democratic stand ooint Two
years ago Mr. Reagan stood beside Senator
Coke, Governor Ireland, Congressman Mills and
other prominent Democrats in strenuousy op-
posing the growth of the prohibition idea, on the
ground that 1t was sacred principle of the De-
mocracy 30 oppose suUptuary laws Of whatever
character. MIR. Reagan's complete change of
views on this point surprises even his nearest
friends. After picturing at length the wretch
edness and dishonor to be encountered in every
community resulting from the use of LIQUOR. the
Senator says: Il must express my regret that
any effort has been made to make a party ques-
ton of prohibition, and especially do regret
that Democrats should seek to identify that
great and grand historic party with the fort
unes and fate of the whisky shop, drunkards
and criminals"
DALLAS. Tex, April 9.-The whisky mems
State executive committee met here to-day with
closed doors. II has leaked out that they are
debating whether they Shall make a local fight
merely, all over the State. or organize for
State contest, with fuil-rigged committee and
bevy of orators. The presence here Of several
Republican leaders suggests the idea that that
party will use the present contest to break down
the Democratic party. They want the prohibit
ton question made Democratic party issue,
and the Democrats are fighting shy of this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10

ONE of the most remarkable business women
IN Now York is Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver.
The increased demand for her celebrated Rec
amier preparations has compelled her to open
larger establishment for their manufacture
and for the transaction of her enormous bust
ness. Mrs Ayers success is regarded with won
der by the plodding portion of the working world,
and as a great encouragement to all bread-earnng
women. Even those who envy her good fortune
freely admit that she has earned it. Old drug
gsts say that the popularity of Recamier Cream
and Balm is phenomenal. 1t is estimated that
the sale of the cream amounts to twenty five
hundred jars a day. Singularly enough,
Physicians, chemists and clergymen, we'll
as actresses and society bellies, who make the
preservation of their beauty of the chief
objects of their lives. al. unite in prasinc these
toilet articles 1t is chiefly to the fact that they
contain neither lead, bismuth, arsenic, nor any
thing whatsoever injurious to the skin, that
they have become. within the past few months.
the prevailing fashion in America, and this will
be hailed with delight by the husbands and
especially the brothers, of beautiful women from
Maine to California.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
LABOR MATTERS.
Brick-Layers and Hod-Carriers Express Will.
ingness to Assist the Chicago Carpenters.

Brick Layers and Hold Carriers Express Will
ingness to Assist the Chicago Carpenters.
CHICAGO. April 9.-The strike of the union
carpenters is still on, and work on many large
buildings is being retarded in consequence. The
brick-layers and hodcarriers have officially
nounced their desire to help the carpenters. The
following communication was received at the
carpenters headquarters this morning:
"Brick-layers and stone masons take notice!
You are notified that you must not assist bosses
any one else III setting frames ioists, or do
ing other carpenter work
by order of the Union.
IA. VoRKELLER, President"
The bricklayers have imposed fine of SIS for
a violation of the above order. A similar notice
from the hod-carriers imposes fine of $40 Tel
egrams of announcement have been received
from New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Bal
timore. Los Angeles, and also from the Brother
hood of Carpenters in Canada.
The meeting of Knights of Labor to-
day to demand acceptance Of the bosses
offer to compromise was captured by the
Brotherhood Of Carpenters, and at the very out
set of proceedings resolution rushed
through indorsing refusal to compromise and
pledging knights to support the strike to the
end Fully 1000 men were present, and the
Knights of Labor who were NOT mem bers of the
Carpenters Brotherhood unexpectedly found
themselves poweress because of the attendance
of a host of carpenters who are mem
hood had stolen march on the
Knights. At meeting of the Master
CARPENTERS Association, tonight, a resolution,
reteratiug refusal to recognize any union of
employees, was adopted, and the men were noti-
fed to return to work on Monday morning or the
Masters Association would at once proceed to
inaugurate symsternatic importation of work
men from other cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
Losses by Fire.

CINCINNATI, April 9.-Fire this morning
damaged the buildings Of the J. Walker
Brewing Company to the extent of $50 000
which is covered by insurance. About fifty
horses, stabbed in the promises, were rescued
with difficulty.
PITTsBURG, April "a fire at the petroleum
refinery of tne Bear-creek Oil Company, at
Coleman's station, on the Allegheny Valley rail-
road, this morning, for time threatened de-
struction 20 large amount OF valuable prop
erty, but through the exertons of the fire de-
partment Of this city the flames were confined
to two agtators containing 2. 400 barrels of re-
fined OIL, The FIRE caused by the oil boil
ing over in of the agitators and igniting.
A number of workmen slightly burned
when the agitator overfowed, but one was
seriously injured. Tho loss was about $40, 900.
NEW YORK, April 9.-Fire started unaccount-
ably under staircase in the mailing department
of the New York Zetupg at o'clock this morn
ing, and before it could be subdued bad eaten
out the inside of the building. which is in the
rear of the Zeitupg publication Office, No 5
Frankfort street. The Zeitung had just gone to
press, but work in the pressroom had to be
abandoned. The paper came out, however
three or four hours later The damage to the
building was 1000, but the damage to the
Zeitung By the complete destruction of the appa-
ratus, by which $4,000 copies of the paper were
mailed daily, is inealculable in money value
The work in replacing the destroyed blocks will
be long and tedious one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10

CHICAGO, April 9.-About five hundred stove
molders here will find themselves locked out
Monday morning. Their employers-Criben &
Sexton, Collins q Burgie, and the Chicago stove
works-to-day attempted to have the men con-
tnue work on patterns from Bridge, Beach &
Co.. of st. Louis who have been boycotted for
refusing to reinstate strikers. The attempt was
met with refusal. and the lockout is the result.
The refusal of the molders to work on the pat
tiers is general throughout Illinois. and almost
men employed at Peoria and Bloomington, is out
on strike. In these cities the anufactu-ers
do not use bovcotted patterns Both manufact-
urers and molders have national organizations,
and should each continue stubborn their indus
try throughout the country will soon be at
sfandstin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
MRS. COUGARS KANSAS CAMPAIGN.
She Claims TWAS Eminently Successful, and
that She Was Endorsed by the Best People.

70 the Editor of the indianapolis Jou rnai:
In q special telegram from Leavenworth, pub
lished to-day, you say:
ut goes without saying that the election OF
Mr.. Neely was manly due to the eight made by
Mrs Helen III. Cougar, whose campaign. as 1t
drew to close, became one of mud-slinging and
personal abuse etc.
judge from this that the correspondent at
Leavenworth is Democrat of the Nicely stripe.
Mrs. Cougars campaign" had the active CO.
operation of every minister in the city, the
Knights of Labor, colored citizens. and all phil
anthropic and Y. M. c. A. organizations. No
personalities were allowed, except when per-
sonal attacks were necessarily repealed. Mayor
Nicely is not elected He claims majority of
bare sixteen, but fraud in the count is SO appar-
emit that the returns are TO be contested. He was
elected the Last time by /. 700 majority.
Mrs. Cougars campaign" has elected Re-
publican Council and School Board in that city,
that has for years been the stronghold OF De-
mocracy. By the votes of women, all parties
concede that Leayenworth has been redeemed
for law. order and Republicans. Even if Nicely
retains his seat, he is shorn of his power by his
Council. By the votes Of women, Topeka,
Fort Scott, and every other city in
Kansas has been put under Re-
publican rule. For the procession referred
to, call your respectful attention TO an account
in the Leavenworth Times. 1t was headed by
the worst characters in the city, with but few
respectable people in line Your extract from
the st. Louis Republican is no less misleading.
By the votes of women the last remnant of
Democratic rule is dead, in Kansas. and as a
matter of course, the purpose OF these papers
Will be to misrepresent the woman suffrage side
of facts.
write this hastily, that the Journal may
realize the animus of such statements as 1t in
advertently publishes An account of the re-
ceptipn, attended by 2.5l4 people, given me on
the eve of my departure from Leavenworth, at
which every church denomination in the city
was represented. will cause the Journal to real
ize that one story is good until the other side
IS heard. OF all the successes of my pub.
lie work, l am most gratifed at
my Leavenworth campaign. II I could be
as successful in killing Democrats in Indiana,
the Journal could speedily preach the funeral
sermon of Green Smith & Co.
Let me assure you, dear Journal, that woman
suffrage has proven a success in Kansas, and has
the unqualified Endorsement of all decent. Re
publican, Christian people in the State. Please
do not quote from Democratic sources.
HELEN NJ COUGAR.
On BOARD THE TRAIN, April 8.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
sOCIETY,s NEW DIVERSION.

The Old English Game of Share and Hounds"
and How Washington People Play It.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 9-Washington fashion
able society is just now taken up with new di-
version. Every week or two the scciety col
umns Of the daily papers are filled with moro or
less graphic accounts of the paper chase which
took place the day before. This sport draws to-
gether all the fashionables who are aba to sit on
horseback, who meet at some designated place
in the outskirts of the city for the purpose of
following two hares who ride in any direction
that may suit them, scattering scraps Of paper
to give the followers scent The paper chase
of,to-day bears the same relation to the old-fash
toned school-boy game of share and hounds"
that polo does to shiny" An English friend
Of nine in speaking of this new craze, just after
he had read an extended account of the latest
run, said to me, "In England an affair of this
kind would create very little comment Hare
and hounds 10 ore OF the most popular sports Of
the English school-boy during the cool season
of the year. spent my boyhood days at
called Ongar, in the county of Essex thirty or
forty miles from London. Every Wednesday
and Saturday afternoon, when there was no foot
ball or cricket match on hand, q couple of hares
would start out with big sacks of paper tied to
:, their backs, and half an hour afterwards they
would be followed by all the rest Of the boys,
who represented the hounds. The run would be
across the country to some point where it was
known that supply of bread and cheese could
be obtained, and we frequently covered fifteen
or twenty miles in the run. When the whole
school met again a substantial lunchyof bread
and cheese and ale would be served to the hun
cry boys and don't think that the Washington
people who ride on horseback had haf the sport
tina We did. who depended on our legs to get
there first" II thir X" continued my English
friend that the boys in the boarding schools of
England gst great deal more enjoyment out of
life than their fellows in this country This pa
Der chase is excellent sport, and if adopted to
greater extent among the young men in Amer
lea would serve to bring about much.improyeG
physical Development
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10
A Defaultins Treasurer Captnred.

CHICAGO, April William Starr. the default
ing treasurer of the Brck-layers' and Stone ma
sons Union, has been located al St Mary's. Ind,
where he was running grocery store. The
chief of police of Terre Haure has placed HIM
under arrest, and detective who has the case in
charge will secure reqnisition papers and bring
him back. Last year Starr was reelected, as his
accounts were apparently straight. and he had
honestly and efficiently handled the unions
money. Starr TO have beon installed early
in July. but it was discovered that he had dis
appeared together with $4 107 belonging to the
union. Detectives were placed on his track. but
they failed to get the slightest clew until he was
discovered at ST. Mary's.
A telegram from Terre Haute says Starr is
not under arrest but man answering his de-
scription is under surveillance there, awaiting
Identification by Chicago officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10

3nnseicre to begin A dozen white people came
ID, <nd the play proceeded. An hour elapsed.
when my friend reached over and whispered:
~ do believe We are to be disappointed to-
<nisht 1 hoped to show you how We do this
Thing down here, tonight Let's 60 out" and
we approached the box. office, where number
of the leading citizens we're congregated to act
as generals in command should the work be be-
gun.
This prejudice is as deep seated as the relig-
ion in some localities. At Charleston. during
the earthquake excitement, the most cruel ridi-
cue was made of the religious worship OF the
blacks by many whites, who should have been
hushed by the solemnity OF the surroundings
ana the imminent danger, il for no other rea-
son. When shock of earthquake would come
the negroes in fear and trembling, fell on their
knees and began to call to their God IN the most
fervent prayer. In those moments it could not
be expected that they, ignorant and uneducated.
could couch tLeir language IN very choice meta
phors and those of the whites who were not
panic-strcken stood about and jeered. Mock
prayers accredited to certain blacks, were
improvised and sent broadcast to the country,
one, it will be remembered, beginning, "Oh,
wrestling Jacob" etc. There more respect
was shown for the negroes, even in the hour Of
common distress, than was shown cattle.
The most intense feeling toward the blacks by
the whites undoubtedly exists in Alabama, the
Caroiinas and Virgnias. 1t was engendered
when the right of franchise was granted to black
men, and politics is undoubtedly behind it. It
WAS severe blow ito the slave-owners to lose
their property in the way of black men and
women; but ir was rubbing it in" as one poll
tician expressed it, to have the coored men
clothed with common franchise. Knowing
this condition of feeling, it is not astonishing to
the older element in Washington that at least
some sections of the South should withdraw
from their support of the national drill. The
only wonder is shat the feeling is not displayed
to broader extent